Bearverkill

Classic Wet Fly

Tied By Christian Andrews

Hook: #10 (??)

Thread: claret or red

Body Parts: rib, body, wings, front hackle

Materials: gold oval tinsel, white floss or white dubbing, light mottled duck quill, brown hen

Notes:

Ingredients are guesses from the illustration in Favorite Flies and Their Histories (1892) by Mary Orvis Marbury

The wing was originally curlew.

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